and racism that he encounters ; despite this , by " spreading the news " of his poor treatment in a song , the speaker uses what power he has to tell both southern african americans and northern whites that the status quo is deeply flawed and that something needs to change . " the bourgeois blues " follows a traditional twelve @ - @ bar blues format . it is written in 44 time but ann ##ota ##ted to note that the song rhythmic ##ally should swing at medium shuffle . the song was written in b ♭ . it uses twelve measures with verses one to four repeating , followed by the final two verses and a cod ##a . = = recordings and adapt ##ions
and racism that he encounters ; despite this, by " spreading the news " of his poor treatment in a song, the speaker uses what power he has to tell both southern african americans and northern whites that the status quo is deeply flawed and that something needs to change. " the bourgeois blues " follows a traditional twelve @ - @ bar blues format. it is written in 44 time but annotated to note that the song rhythmically should swing at medium shuffle. the song was written in b ♭. it uses twelve measures with verses one to four repeating, followed by the final two verses and a coda. = = recordings and adaptions